FDLB | The Energy
Beyond the Track
Photography by Frank Leon
For those of you that don’t get so excited by the smell of burning rubber and the symphony of highly tuned engines chasing each other, Formula D has something for you too. Fatlace hosts a car show, Slammed Society, at each of the Formula D series events. Plus there are venders and manufactures lining the inner sections of the tracks with smiling models to greet you and tell you all about their products.
So make sure you come out to the next event and enjoy a little bit of everything.
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Formula D | Long Beach
Season Opener
Photography By Nelson Queralta & Emil Garcia
Words by John Pangilinan
Round 1: Streets of Long Beach Kicked Off the Tenth Season of Formula DRIFT Presented by GoPro to a Sold Out Crowd;Daijiro Yoshihara Takes the Victory and Leads the Championship Points Chase
Long Beach, Calif. – April 13, 2013 – Formula DRIFT presented by GoPro begins the tenth season of competition with Round 1: Streets of Long Beach. Daijiro Yoshihara in the America’s Tire / Falken Tire Nissan S13 takes the victory and leads the championship points chase.
Round 1: Streets of Long Beach started off the tenth season of...

Formula D | Long Back 2013
Another Season Begins
Photography by Nelson Queralta
Another year of Formula D is here. As the qualifying rounds started, there were a few changes for the 2013 season. For starters, all drivers got two runs to make qualifying. The first run was your qualifying run. However, if a driver did not make the Top 16, they were given a second run to make the Top 32.
There were some surprises though as Nate Hamilton and Corey Hosford did not make qualifying. In addition Walker Wilkerson did not pass tech.
There was some excitement in qualifying as Justin Pawlak had a bad wreck. The car was repaired and he did make Top...

New Zealand Goes Sideways
D1 Round 2 | Pukekohe Park Raceway, New Zealand
Photos by Jamie Walker
Just in case you haven’t noticed, over the last 11 years drifting has grown far beyond what most expected. From its grassroots days in the back-streets of Japan, to professional racing sanctions at some of the world’s most renowned tracks. It has literally taken the world by storm.
Keiichi Tsuchiya wanted to bring this adrenaline filled artistry to the masses; and with the help of his creation D1GP along with other professional sanctions such as Formula Drift, that was realized.
It wasn’t soon after that amateur and grassroots...